Adolescent Passion Play

Adolescent Passion Play

This is a poem from my book, The Sad Science of Love.
http://twoculturespress.com/sad_science_of_love.php

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Adolescent Passion Play

Our notion of symmetry is derived from the human face. Hence, we demand

symmetry horizontally and in breadth only, not vertically nor in depth.”

Blaise Pascal, Aphorisms


I used to play softball on the diamond

intersection of Paulina and 65th Street

with storm sewers as bases: Paulina

Street was right field, 65th was left,

and your corner yard, our centre field.

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Even then I longed for symmetry.

Even then I longed for you.

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